November 4, 2017 – CSX Q647 (Chicago, IL (BRC) – Waycross, GA) heads up the viaduct approach to the CSX bridge over the Ohio River at Henderson, Ky as it makes it’s way south on the Henderson Subdivision from Rahm, Indiana.
CSX Q647 SB at Rahm, IN…
CSX Q586 SB through Elmwood Curve, Slaughters, Ky
November 4, 2017 – CSX Q586 rounds Elmwood Curve at MP 290 as it heads south at Slaughters, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision, with Union Pacific 7426 leading the way, as fall color begins to show in the trees behind it.
CSX Q586 NB over bridge at Rahm, IN…
October 4, 2017 – CSX Q586 (Nashville, TN – Evansville, IN) heads over the Ohio River Bridge at Henderson, Ky as it heads north to Evansville, Indiana on the Henderson Subdivision with CSXT 598 leading.
Working Cars at Toyota Plant, Princeton IN…
October 26, 2017 – A crew on Road and Rail Service’s 3109 switch a set of empty autoracks at the Toyota Plant in Princeton, Indiana.
Southern Railway steam locomotive 630 heads for the East Chattanooga shops…
September 9, 2017 – Southern Railway steam locomotive 630 heads for the East Chattanooga shops and station with a loaded passenger train during the 2017 Railfest at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, at Chattanooga, Tennessee.Southern Railway steam locomotive 630 heads for the East Chattanooga shops
Squaw Creek 21 at Yankee Town, IN
October 26, 2017 – The Conductor on Squaw Creek Southern 21 walks along side his train as they drop off some cars at Yankeetown, Indiana. The Squaw Creek Southern Railroad is a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad Corporation. The name comes from an Indiana coal hauling line that Respondek purchased. The Squaw Creek Railroad was a Peabody Coal operation in southern Indiana which pretty much solely existed to move coal from Lynnville and Squaw Creek Mines to a power plant on the Ohio River.Sqaw Creek 21 at Yankee Town, IN
Norfolk Southern northbound loaded Coal at Big Clifty, Ky
October 31, 2017 – Norfolk Southern 7679 leads a loaded coal train across the trestle at Big Clifty, Ky as it heads north toward Louisville, Ky on the Paducah and Louisville Railway as the last light of Halloween begins to fade from the sky.NS NB loaded Coal at Big Clifty, Ky
Conductor on Passenger Train at Chattanooga, TN
September 9, 2017 – The conductor on one of the passenger train movements during Railfest 2017 at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum keeps a watchful eye from the vestibule of one of the cars, as the train backs up.
NS 8772 waits at Diamond, Oakland City, IN
October 26, 2017 – Norfolk Southern Railroad’s 8772, with long nose forward, heads up a waiting rail train, as Maintenance of Way crews tear out a crossing at the NS/IS diamond at Oakland City, Indiana. Norfolk Southern MOW crews worked several days to replace the diamond and several crossings surrounding around it.
Waiting for the Boo moment!
My nephew Xavier waits for his Gigi to walk by so he can scare her! Capturing moments like this with your camera, iPhone or other smartphone are as simple as paying attention to the moments ar0und you as they develop and being prepared! I think I like the Black and White treatment the best, but I’ve included the color version for your input!
Shot with an iPhone 7plus and processed in Snapseed!
NS 8154 leading a empty coal train toward Booneville, IN
October 26, 2017 – A empty Norfolk Southern Coal train makes its way through the fall countryside, outside Booneville, Indiana, after dropping a load of coal at the Alcoa plant, just outside of Yankeetown, IN.NS 8154 Headed for Booneville, IN
NS Interstate and Lehigh Valley Heritage units at Yankee Town, IN
October 26, 2017 – After hearing from a fellow railfan, William Crupper (thanks!!), that Norfolk Southern’s Interstate (8105) and Lehigh Valley (8104) Heritage units were on coal trains delivering coal to Alcoa in Newburgh Indiana, I made my way that way. By the time I arrived they had finished their work and while both coal trains were gone the heritage units were left tied down at the small yard at Alcoa, which I made for a great shot!
Southern Steam Locomotive 630 in Missionary Ridge Tunnel, East Chattanooga, TN
September 9, 2017 – Southern Railway steam locomotive 630 enters the west end of Missionary Ridge Tunnel, with a loaded passenger train, during the 2017 Railfest at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, as it heads for the station at East Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Completed in 1858 the tunnel is the primary reason TVRM runs on the three-mile section of the former Southern Railway. As railroad equipment grew too large to pass through and the single-track tunnel became a traffic jam for an otherwise double-track railroad, Southern Railway abandoned the three mile portion of the line and built a new section around the end of Missionary Ridge, avoiding the tunnel altogether.
The museum restored rails through the tunnel in 1971 and continues to use the pre-Civil War Tunnel on a daily basis.
CSX W248-15 Windmill Train NB at Romney, Nortonville, Ky
October 24, 2017 – CSXT 715 leads W248-15 pulling a short train of windmill turbines and motors as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky.CSX W248-15 Windmill Train NB at Romney, Nortonville, Ky
Southern Railway 630 heading for Chattanooga, TN
September 9, 2017 – Disrupting the quietness of the early morning with it’s huffing and puffing as Southern Railways steam locomotive 630 pulls through a tunnel of trees with a loaded passenger train heading west, on a return trip to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum at Chattanooga, TN during 2017 Railfest.630 heading for Chattanooga, TN
CSX Q029 passes Q028 at Romney Siding, Nortonville, Ky
October 19, 2017 – CSX intermodal Q029 passes it’s counterpart, Q028 sitting in the siding at Romney, as it makes its way south on the Henderson Subdivision at Nortonville, Ky.
Intermodal CSX Q026 northbound at Nortonville, Ky
October 18, 2017 – CSX intermodal Q026 heads north at the sound end of the siding at Nortonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. At right is the new section of the bridge that will house the new section of track, joining the siding at Romney and Nortonville to form about 5 miles of a new double track main.
CSX Q586 with UP Power northbound at Arklow, Madisonville, Ky
October 17, 2017 – CSX Q586 rounds the curve from the power siding as it approaches Arklow, with Union Pacific 2616 leading the consist of 6 locomotives, as it heads out of Madisonville, Ky, northbound on the Henderson Subdivision.
CSX E005 northbound at Mortons Gap, Ky
September 28, 2017 – CSXT 3449 leads empty coal train E005 as it passes the defect detector at Mortons Gap, Ky and a gauntlet of ties, on it’s way north on the Henderson Subdivision.
CSX N052 southbound loaded coal at Crofton, Ky
October 10, 2017 – Union Pacific 2715 leads CSX N052, a loaded coal train, past a CSX maintenance of way train off loading in the siding at Crofton, Ky, as it heads south on the Henderson Subdivision.
CSX SB Q025 at Mortons Gap, Ky
October 11, 2017 – CSXT 3016 leads hot intermodal CSX Q025, as it crests the hill at Mortons Junction, on it’s way south on the Henderson Subdivision at Mortons Gap, Ky.